Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley

"Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley"
Single by Will to Power
from the album Will to Power
B-side	"Anti-Social"
Released	November 29, 1988
Format	7', 12', CD, K7
Recorded	1987, 1988
Genre	Pop
Length	4:07
Label	Epic
Writer(s)	Peter Frampton Allen Collins Ronnie Van Zant
Producer(s)	Bob Rosenberg
Certification	Gold (RIAA)
Will to Power singles chronology
"Say It's Gonna Rain" (1988) "Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley" (1988) "Fading Away" (1989)

"Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley (Free Baby)" is a song by the American dance-pop band Will to Power. The song combines elements of two previously recorded rock songs: "Baby, I Love Your Way", a #12 Billboard Hot 100 hit from 1976 by the British-born singer Peter Frampton; and American Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd's song "Free Bird", which hit #19 on the Hot 100 chart in 1975. Will to Power's medley of these two songs had more of a synthesized dance beat (as opposed to the rock ballad-like nature of the two original songs). It spent one week at #1 on the Hot 100 chart dated December 3, 1988.^[1] It also peaked at #2 on the Billboard adult contemporary chart.^[2] Additionally, in the "Freebird" section, the line "and the bird you cannot change" in the original version was changed to "and this bird will never change".

In March and April 2009, VH1 ran a countdown of the 100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s. Will to Power's "Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley" placed at #97 on the countdown despite the fact the group having another Top 10 hit in 1991 with a cover version of the 1975 10cc hit "I'm Not in Love."

Tracks

Netherlands 12 "Single

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Baby I Love Your Way / Freebird"	4:07
2.	"Anti-Social"	4:20
3.	"Say It's Gonna Rain"	3:53

Charts

Chart (1988–1989)	Peak Position
Australia (ARIA)[3]	20
Canada The Record Top Singles[4]	1
Canada RPM Top Singles	1
Germany (Official German Charts)[5]	18 [6]
Ireland (IRMA)[7]	3
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[8]	26 [9]
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[10]	6
Norway (VG-lista)[11]	1
UK (The Official Charts Company)[12]	6
US Billboard Hot 100[13]	1
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[13]	2

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
US[14]	Gold	January 23, 1989	500,000

See also

• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1988

References

1. Bronson, Fred (1992). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits - revised & enlarged. New York: Billboard Books. p. 715. ISBN 0-8230-8298-9.
2. Billboard AC chart info Billboard.com. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
3. "Australian-charts.com – Will To Power – Baby I Love Your Way - Free Bird". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
4. "Canadian Singles Chart from Nanda Lwin; Top 40 Hits: The Essential Chart Guide (2000)"
5. "Musicline.de – Will To Power Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
6. "Home - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". Officialcharts.de. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
7. Jaclyn Ward - Fireball Media Group - http://www.fireballmedia.ie. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
8. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Will To Power search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40.
9. Steffen Hung. "Dutch Charts". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
10. "Charts.org.nz – Will To Power – Baby I Love Your Way - Free Bird". Top 40 Singles.
11. "Norwegiancharts.com – Will To Power – Baby I Love Your Way - Free Bird". VG-lista.
12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
13. "Will to Power - Will to Power | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
14. U.S. certifications riaa.com (Retrieved August 15, 2009)